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Distained

DISTAINED

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Stained; tinged; discolored; blotted; sullied.

Definition 2024


distained

distained

English

Verb

distained

  1. (rare) simple past tense and past participle of distain

Adjective

distained (comparative more distained, superlative most distained)

  1. (rare) stained, discoloured, tarnished
    "The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained." (Robert Louis Stevenson, Jekyll and Hyde).